← The texts this course rests on
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Chart construction, the sixteen vargas, Vimshottari Dasha, the full body of yogas
The whole course rests on this text. It is the most foundational and widely accepted work of predictive astrology — later texts largely expand on rules first set out here. A new student should always begin with it, because everything else stands on this base.
What Jyotish is, its three branches, and the tradition this course follows.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, ch. 1–2
The twelve houses — which area of life is read from which house.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, ch. 11–12
From birth details to the Lagna — how a chart is built and how to start reading it.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, ch. 3–4
The twenty-seven nakshatras, their padas and lords — the foundation of Vimshottari Dasha.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ch. 6; Laghu Parashari